Delhi Persian 597 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Tarjumah-i Jātakā bharan
Contents
Copy defective at both ends.
Contents: bāb 3 (f. 12r); daftar 1 (f. 27r); daftar 2 (f. 60r); daftar 3 (f. 154r); khāṭimah (f. 206v).
Physical Description
Every fifth leaf foliated in pencil.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Worm-eaten, loose leaves; detached binding.
Layout
14 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq tending to nīm-shikastah, copied in black ink, with headings in red.
Numerous corrections in text and margins.
Binding
Marbled board binding with paper pastedowns.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 238v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859. Administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
Acquired by the Government of India in 1876
Record Sources
Based on R. Levy's description in "Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III"Mss Eur 207/28, f. 42r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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